The Devil Has The Best Tuna: The Fever Few

Sunday, June 17, 2007

The Fever Few

The Fever Few
Genre: Indie / Acoustic / Folk Rock
From: Brooklyn, New York United States

Listening to The Fever Few's myspace tracks it's no surprise that singer songwriter, Bethany Spiers (once of the critically acclaimed Sleep Station), cites Chan Marshall (Cat Power) as one of her influences. The mesmerising, quavering voice dealing out sparse, angst-ridden and intimate songs of such fragile, brittle beauty that you expect them to shatter on impact is on a par with classic Cat Power. In addition to the obvious (and some may say lazy) comparisons with Chan Marshall , Fever Few songs also betray influences such as, The Red House Painters, Beth Orton , Suzanne Vega, Iron and Wine and Mazzy Star . Like fellow Brooklynites, Hem, The Fever Few are at the forefront of a young , and unfortunately rather beardy, progressive folk movement that shows no sign of running out of steam.

Go Try

MP3 - The Fever Few - Goodbye Blue Monday
MP3 - The Fever Few - By Now

Go Visit

The Fever Few - Myspace // Website

Go See

21 Jul 2007, 19:30, The Knitting Factory, New York;

and if The Fever Few have wetted your appetite for some folksy lo-fi fragile acoustic ditties that seem somehow appropriate for a Sunday morning then stick these in your pipe and smoke 'em...